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    Default some upgrade questions

    The site I currently manage is long due for an upgrade, but I am facing a major dilemma. I have poured over the upgrade instruction multiple times and, since I have yet to use any of the the tools that are required (myphpadmin, winmerge, etc), it all seems impossible for a novice like me. I am really trying my hardest not to break something or have to recreate the entire store, but it looks like if I continue without guidance: crash and burn.

    I considered looking for a pro to do the job for me, but then realized that all of our customer's credit card info is stored there. That looks like a major security risk to me.

    What are my options here? Am I making the upgrade seem harder than it really is? Is there a way to hide/delete the customer's info from someone preforming the upgrade?

    After reading posts about the security risks that we have with ver. 1.3.8a, I am worried that we are on borrowed time with regard to hackers! Please, any advice would help.

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    Default Re: Do I Upgrade ZC Myself Or Risk Hiring Someone Else To Do It?

    I would prefer to hire someone.

    Can anyone recommend someone who can upgrade from 1.3.8 to 1.5?

    Thanks.

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    Default Re: Do I Upgrade ZC Myself Or Risk Hiring Someone Else To Do It?

    Alot more fun and educational to do it yourself ...

    Just create a test site and load zen and create a new data base and attack ...
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    Default Re: Do I Upgrade ZC Myself Or Risk Hiring Someone Else To Do It?

    Do a full backup of your site's files and database (you should do this periodically anyway) and copy them into a new location and database. Change the database name, password, etc. in the copied configure.php files to match your test db. There are instructions for doing all of these things in the tutorials.

    Once you have your test installation, you can try upgrading with no pressure - if you screw up, you can delete, reinstall and start again.

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    Default Re: Do I Upgrade ZC Myself Or Risk Hiring Someone Else To Do It?

    Is the zencart heavily modded? Modded at all? If not, upgrading will not be too bad (and for this I'd probably just do a fresh 1.5 install and upgrade the DB, but that's me and not the official way.)

    If heavily modded, or simply some mods, you will have to confirm that they will work with the new 1.5 cart and each mod may have to be upgraded.

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    Default Re: Do I Upgrade ZC Myself Or Risk Hiring Someone Else To Do It?

    Also, why do you have all of your customers' credit card data in your Zencart database ?

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    Default Re: Do I Upgrade ZC Myself Or Risk Hiring Someone Else To Do It?

    I'm the same way. novice

    I was beating myself to figure how long can I hold out to do the Upgrade. But I used a person to help me set up ZC and she has been good through out all my little needs, so I figure who best to do the Upgrade.....

    There's probably plenty little things like my Sliders I can do myself, but now we are talking about a major upgrade and I don't really want to mess it up.
    It also helps that she is US based...

    Good luck with whatever you do. I think I will get my upgrade done sometime next week.

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    Default Re: Do I Upgrade ZC Myself Or Risk Hiring Someone Else To Do It?

    Quote Originally Posted by stevesh View Post
    Also, why do you have all of your customers' credit card data in your Zencart database ?
    Exactly the question I had..
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    Default Re: Do I Upgrade ZC Myself Or Risk Hiring Someone Else To Do It?

    I don't have access to our godaddy server and I asked the site owner to check on backing up the database. He said that he can go into the cpanel and request a backup from godaddy, but can't download a backup file. Is there another way around that? I did download the store via ftp.

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    Default Re: Do I Upgrade ZC Myself Or Risk Hiring Someone Else To Do It?

    Quote Originally Posted by ctfoffice View Post
    I don't have access to our godaddy server and I asked the site owner to check on backing up the database. He said that he can go into the cpanel and request a backup from godaddy, but can't download a backup file. Is there another way around that? I did download the store via ftp.
    Can you not access phpMyAdmin through GoDaddy's (so-called) c-panel?

    And if you are not the "website owner", what is your association with the site?

    You need to get hold of GoDaddy (not easy, I know) and determine just how you get into phpMyAdmin for your site.

    I would also suggest that when you have a full backup of both the files AND the database, you put the current site into maintenance mode, and then re-establish it on a completely different host. GoDaddy is perhaps the worst choice of host, and sounds like a significant part of your current problem.

 

 
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